Road-building machine.



R. M. MYERS.

ROAD BUILDING MACHINE-U APPLICATION FILED JULY 15. 1916.

Patented July 10, 1917.,

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1- WITNESSES Ill/MENTOR ATTORNEYS R. M. MYERS.

ROAD BUILDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 15. 1916.

Patented July 10, 1917.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2- A TTOR/I/EYS ROLLA 1V1. MYERS, 0F ATTICA, OHIO.

ROAD-BUILDING MACHINE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 141, 191th.

i Application filed July 15 1916. Serial No. 109,494.

To all whom may concern:

. Be it known that I, Home M. MYnRs, a" citizen: of the United States,and a resident 'uniform'layer of material on the roadway as the truckmoves along.

In the drawings:

' Figure 1 is a front view of the improved machine.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view from the front. 3

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail of a portion of one end showing the slidingshoe construction.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view from the rear.

Fig. 5 is a section on the line 55 of Fig. 4.

The present embodiment of the invention is shown in connection with atruck indicated at 1, the machine being drawn behind the truck. Thismachine comprises a hopper shaped casing, consisting of front and rearwalls 2 and 3 and end walls'e, the said walls 2, 3 and 4 being ofsuitable metal and reinforced at their top by angle plates 5. Similarangle plates 6 are arranged at the ends, between the ends and the front,

and rear walls, and these plates extend across the lower ends of thesides, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. Shoes consisting of portions"? and 8arranged at an obtuse angle with respect to each other are secured tothe ends of the casing at the bottom thereof, the portions 7 of the saidshoes extending across the ends of the bottom.

These shoes 78 are secured to the angle plates 6 and to the front wall 2by means of bolts and nuts 9, and an angle clip 10 has one ofitsportions secured to the portion 8 of the shoe, the other portion of theclip having an opening for engagement by one .end of a chain 11. Thesechains 11 have rear axle of the truck 1.

Wheels 1 1 are arranged on the front wall,

each wheel being on a shaft 15, which is heldin sectional bearingbrackets 16 secured to the front wall, thewheels being at opposite sidesof the center of the said front wall. Approximately one-half of the rearwall of the casing is omitted, namely the lower portion of the saidwall, and the opening so formed together with the open bottom forms theoutlet through which the stone passes onto the roadway. A door or gate17 is provided for partially closing the opening in the rear wall, andthe saidv door or gate is secured to theangle plate 6 and the rear wall,by means of bolts and nuts 18. A series of openings 19 is provided inthe angle plate 6 of the front wall and in the wall, to permit theposition of the door to be varied, and by engaging the bolts and nuts 18with different openings, the width of the discharge opening for the 'hoper casing can be varied. T e door is pre erably reinforced with anglelates 20, at the top ends, bottom and att e center.

The shoes 78 serve as sliding shoes upon which the casing with its loadmoves and the said shoes revent the casing sinking in soft sand, orinstance.

The operation of the device is as follows:

The hopper is placed on the roadway, as shown in Fig. 1. and the truckis backed up into position before it, as shown in Figs. 2 to 5. Thechains 11 are connected with the eyes 12, and the end gate of truck isopened partially, as shown, to permit the material to flow into thehopper. The gate is already regulated to dischargethe proper thematerial at a uniform depth and-width,

and the ends of the hopper serve to gage the width of the materialdelivered.

The improved distributor may be used in any connection wherein it isdesired to distribute a uniform layer of material, and it will handleslag or stone. I claim:

gravel as. readily as 1. A-road' building machine comprising a hoppershaped container having front and rear walls diverging toward the opentop of the container and having an open bottom,

Wheels on the front Wall near the bottom, a

connected with the shoe and having hooksfor engaging a truck fordelivering material into the hopper.

2. A road building machine comprising a hopper shaped container havingan open bottom and .open at the top and adapted to be drawn behind atruck containing material delivering into the container, said containerhaving a discharge opening in its rear wall communicating with the openbottom, means for regulating the height of the discharge opening,sliding'shoes at the ends of the bottom of the hopper, and draft'mech-'anism connected with the sliding shoes.

3. A road building machine comprising a container having an opening inits bottom and having a discharge opening in its rear Wall communicatingwith the opening in its bottom, means for regulating the height of thedischarge opening, sliding shoes at the ends of the bottom of thecontainer, and draft mechanism connected with the shoes.

4. A road building 'machine comprising a container having an openinginits bottom and having a discharge opening in its rear Wallcommunicating with the opening in its bottom, means for regulating theheight of the discharge opening, and sliding shoes at the ends of thebottom of the container.

RoLL'A M. MYERS.

